Midnight Oil “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1” Surprise Gig In Melbourne CANCELLED

UPDATE : Midnight Oil’s surprise Melbourne show tonight 7 March 2022 has been cancelled.

Midnight Oil announced the surprise show for Monday night on Sunday. They were to perform their classic “10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1” album in its entirety. The show was to be a benefit concert for the Australian Conservation Society and Greenpeace.

“We’re experiencing the climate crisis right now, but you wouldn’t know it from the Morrison government’s pallid, pathetic response. We’ll play our heart out and raise some $ for the community groups who are driving real change,” The Oils said in a statement.

Now they have announced, “Midnight Oil has to cancel tomorrow night’s “One For The Planet” benefit gig. Rob Hirst has been battling a chest infection for several days. He has consistently returned negative covid tests but his symptoms worsened after last night’s show at Mt Duneed.”

Midnight Oil has to cancel tomorrow night's "One For The Planet" benefit gig. Rob Hirst has been battling a chest infection for several days. He has consistently returned negative covid tests but his symptoms worsened after last night's show at Mt Duneed https://t.co/48BKtgqeRC pic.twitter.com/dd83OXAceT

— Midnight Oil (@midnightoilband) March 6, 2022

Midnight Oil are currently on their ‘Resist’ world tour and performed to a rain-soaked audience in Geelong Saturday night for A Day On The Green.

Peter Garrett paid tribute to cricket legends Shane Warne and Rod Marsh, who both passed away on Friday. The Oils made mention of Russian terrorist Putin and acknowledged his war crimes, as well as called out Australia’s current Prime Minister Morrison as the most incompetent and self-centred Prime Minister Australia has ever endured.

As the ‘Resist’ tour is the final tour for Midnight Oil, it is centred also on the final new music from the Oils, the ‘Resist’ album.

While ‘Resist’ was recorded two years ago the lyrics align with the news of today with the on-going message of Oils albums for the people of the planet to get their act together. Even across the 45 years of Midnight Oil the world has not learnt its lesson. ‘We Resist’ speaks to the bravery of the people of Ukraine, we all witnessed the effect ‘Rising Seas’ this week on the east coast of Australia, the potency of the words of ‘US Forces’, ‘Hercules’, ‘Short Memory’ and ‘Only The Strong’ fit the profile of terrorist Putin and ‘The Dead Heart’ and ‘First Nation’ speak to a nation slowly coming to terms with the British wrong-doings of the past.

I can’t imagine why Midnight Oil would want to end it all now. Peter Garrett turns 70 next year. Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie formed the band, originally as Farm, in 1972 so this year marks the 50th anniversary of them working together. The first Midnight Oil album was released in 1978 go we have that anniversary six years away in 2028 (when Garrett is 75). Then again, maybe its all there in the lyrics anyway and we just have to go back and listen to the words.

One-off events, like Mondays “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1”, may become the replacement for touring as the bands sees out its final years with musical statements.

Or … they’ve just all had enough and see the catalogue as work as a document of our times.

Midnight Oil, setlist, A Day On The Green, 6 March 2022

We Resist (from Resist, 2022)
At the Time of Writing (from Resist, 2022)
Blossom and Blood (from Species Deceases, 1985)
Put Down That Weapon (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Too Much Sunshine (from Capricornia, 2002)
Sell My Soul (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Back on the Borderline (from Head Injuries, 1979)
The Barka-Darling River (from Resist, 2022)
King of the Mountain (from Blue Sky Mining, 1990)
My Country (from Earth and Sky and Moon, 1993)
Short Memory (from 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1982)
US Forces (from 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1982)
Only the Strong (from 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1982)
Rising Seas (from Resist, 2022)
Redneck Wonderland (from Redneck Wonderland, 1998)
First Nation (from The Makarrata Project, 2020)
The Dead Heart (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Beds Are Burning (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
Power and the Passion (from 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1982)
Hercules (from Species Deceases, 1985)

Encore:
Blue Sky Mine (from Blue Sky Mining, 1990)
Best of Both Worlds (from Red Sails In The Sunset, 1984)
Forgotten Years (from Blue Sky Mining, 1990)

MIDNIGHT OIL
ONE FOR THE PLANET
MARCH 2022

Monday 7 March 2022 CANCELLED
Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

REMAINING RESIST: THE FINAL TOUR DATES

Wednesday 9 March 2022
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC

Saturday 12 March 2022
All Saints Estate, Rutherglen, VIC*

Wednesday 30 March 2022
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, SA

Saturday 2 April 2022
Darwin Amphitheatre, Darwin, NT

Wednesday 6 April 2022
Convention Centre Arena, Cairns, QLD

Saturday 9 April 2022
Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast, QLD

Wednesday 13 April 2022
Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD

Tuesday 19 April 2022
Stage 88, Canberra, ACT

Thursday 21 April 2022
Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW

Due to current pending COVID-19 restrictions in WA, the Perth event is off sale awaiting further information and government review.

Saturday 26 March 2022
Nikola Estate, Swan Valley, WA*

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